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Pocket Puyo Puyo Sun

With Compile having the formula of how to convert Puyo Puyo to the Game Boy down, they decided to try and improve upon it even more with Pocket Puyo Puyo Sun.

Special Custom Menu#

At the main menu, highlight Configuration (the rightmost option) and press A + B to add a Special Custom menu to the Custom menu.

'...But does it make sense?'
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EXIT#

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CUSTOM に もどる
Return to CUSTOM.

Exit SPECIAL CUSTOM screen.

にんげん (Humans)#

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コントロールできる、にんずう。
つうしんたいせんでは、むこう。
The number of players you can control. 
This doesn't apply to link battles.

Change control from manual to automatic across all game modes.

  • 0: Computer/Computer
  • 1: Manual/Computer (default)
  • 2: Manual/Manual (players 1 and 2 move at the same time)

CPU:1#

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ひだりがわの、あたまのなかみ。
What's going on in the left player's head.

Changes player 1's "thinking type."

CPU:2#

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みぎがわの、あたまのなかみ。
What's going on in the right player's head.

Same as CPU:1, but for player 2.

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ぎゃらりー、とれーにんぐ の
きろくを けします。ようちゅうい!
This will delete Gallery data and
all your Training records. Watch out!

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GBで、つうしんをつかうのを、やめる。
Stop using the link function on GB.

This menu does not display on the Super Game Boy, which lets players battle using 2 SNES controllers instead.

Changes whether to use the Link Cable in 2-Player Mode (ふたりでぷよぷよ).

  • ON : Cable is required to enter 2-Player Mode (default).
  • OFF: Cable is not required.

Hidden Portraits#

The unlocked status of images in the gallery is stored in the low nybbles of $A360 - $A36F on cartridge SRAM. There are 50 titled images (assumption: unlockable within the game), and another 14 are labeled as “Hidden” (assumption: inaccessible):